A flag of the European Union, which was displayed on the building housing the Croatian embassy in Sarajevo, was torn down and left lying in the street, Ambassador Ivan Sabolić told Hina on Sunday morning.
The incident happened between Saturday 11 p.m. and midnight, the ambassador said, explaining that a Croatian flag, which is also displayed on the same place, was undamaged.
As soon as members of the embassy staff noticed that the EU flag had been torn down and that the flagpole was damaged, they called the police to conduct an on-site investigation.
The area concerned is covered by video surveillance. The building housing the Croatian embassy is in the city centre and near Bosnia and Herzegovina's Foreign Ministry offices as well as the office of the country's presidency.
The incident occurred during a curfew, which lasts from 11 p.m.to 5 a.m and which the local authorities imposed in efforts to curb the spread of coronavirus.
The top representatives of the Croat people in Bosnia and Herzegovina on Sunday morning condemned the incident in the strongest terms.
Text: Hina